Chapter 445: Doubts from the Media
An article in "Sing Tao Daily" "Jiang Lang's Talent is Exhausted" made everyone who paid attention to Chen Lang in an uproar.
I thought that Chen Lang's latest start of serialization would cause a frenzy again, becoming the beginning of another feast for countless fans, attracting countless followers and countless media praise.
But I didn't expect to get the news that Chen Langjiang Lang had exhausted his talents, and this contrast was too great.
However, the popularity and prestige accumulated by Chen Lang's first five films still made many people skeptical of the report of "Sing Tao Daily", so everyone began to read other newspapers, and the results were really slightly different.
Because there are only two chapters, it is impossible to be sure whether it is good-looking, so everyone focused on the breaking point that "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is not a new type, but several newspapers also shouted the slogan of Chen Langjianglang's talent.
But most of the other newspapers did not report like this, and it was obvious that Chen Lang's strength made these newspapers hesitate, and they did not dare to shout such arbitrary words immediately, lest they be slapped in the face at the time.
But one newspaper sternly questioned Chen Lang's latest "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".
A columnist in "Cheng Pao" mainly studies history, and his comment on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is directly "blasphemy".
As a big star in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, he is also a well-known best-selling author, and his popularity is naturally very high, and even I, an old man engaged in history, have heard of his name.
Usually I only immerse myself in my own historical research, usually not, but recently someone has always recommended a history written by Chen Lang to me.
As a well-known writer, Chen Lang thinks that he has a certain level, and he writes history, which is related to my research, and under the strong recommendation of these people, I also turned up this so-called history "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".
As a result, I am very saddened that this so-called history is simply nonsense, and it is simply an insult to the word history.
The essence of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is only four words: 'ruffians talk about history'.
The original serious and boring but real and credible history has to be told in the language of ruffians, and then add strong personal feelings, catering to the most popular mentality, so that people with primary school education and knowledge of 3,000 commonly used Chinese characters can read it with joy.
In "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", I don't see a little seriousness and caution, no professionalism and sophistication, which is completely blasphemy against history. ”
The historical columnist of Cheng Pao is a well-known historical researcher, and he is obviously more authoritative than Chen Lang in this regard, so when this report of Cheng Pao came out, it caused an uproar again.
"Sing Tao Daily" and "Sing Pao" are both the top five best-selling newspapers in Hong Kong, and their influence on public opinion in a world without the Internet is not trivial, and many people have been affected by this and have doubts about "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".
However, the two major newspapers could not completely influence everyone's opinions, and for a period of time, "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" in the "Oriental Daily" continued to be serialized.
"Oriental Daily" thought that after everyone really finished reading this book, they would understand its special and charming, and all kinds of doubts would be easily solved, but the bad reaction became more and more intense.
During the period when "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was serialized, a university professor who studied history who also opened a history column in the "Hong Kong Economic Journal" also published a commentary called "Attitude".
"Actually, I can be regarded as a fan of Chen Lang, because I am also a fan, and I usually study history and adjust my mood at the same time, and I am afraid that there is no one who has not read Chen Lang's five classics.
After "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", I was also looking forward to Chen Lang's sixth part, but what I didn't expect was that Chen Lang's new work was actually history, and as a person who studied history, it made me very interested.
But after reading "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", I was disappointed, not because of the quality of the content, but because of Chen Lang's attitude.
History can be written lively, even if it is a professional study, it does not have to be boring, and Huang Renyu's book can be one of the examples.
In addition to being lively and not boring and interesting, no one has questioned his professionalism, and the world's recognized authority on the study of Ming Dynasty finance, what is surprising is that this authoritative book on the study of Ming Dynasty finance can also be read by ordinary people, and it is also read with relish.
Reading Huang Renyu, we did learn something while being interesting, not boring at the same time, not impetuous, this is not contradictory, history can be written very interesting.
However, there is no objective analysis at all in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", just pulling in several materials for subjective assumptions, which is not the attitude of governing history, if so, everyone can be called a historian.
If it's just for the sake of being interesting, it's a matter of creative attitude.
And "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is, at best, a long historical sketch. ”
After "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was serialized for a period of time, reports such as these appeared in major newspapers and media from time to time, many of which were big newspapers with good sales.
As for those tabloids, they even hyped Chen Lang's sixth work as if they were crazy, and Chen Lang was already exhausted, and the magic was not there.
For a while, it seemed that all the media and newspapers were on the opposite side of Chen Lang and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".
At this time, "Oriental Daily", which had a good relationship with Chen Lang, could no longer sit still, so it wrote an article "History can also be written beautifully".
The book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is a purely grassroots work, which can stimulate the interest of readers in the 5,000-year-old history and culture of the Chinese nation, and in the process of reading history, we can admire the demeanor of the sages and understand the truth of the sages.
"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" mainly tells some things about the Ming Dynasty in the three hundred years from 1344 to 16.44, based on historical materials, with chronology and specific characters as the main line, and added penmanship
It is a panoramic display of the fate of the 17 emperors of the Ming Dynasty and other princes, magnates and small people, especially the officialdom politics, war, and imperial psychology, and adds the interpretation of the political and economic system and human ethics at that time.
This book is different from ordinary history books, focusing on the psychological description of historical figures, which makes people have endless memories after reading it.
The book involves many characters, the clues are complicated, there is no central character can run through, plus the Ming Dynasty is a very strong dynasty, during which there are all kinds of celebrities, in addition to the emperor and ministers, there are also Wang Shouren, Tang Bohu and other celebrities from all walks of life.
This book is not a history book in the true sense of the word, and you can't expect that what it describes is completely true, and I'm afraid that even historians can't do that.
The key point of Lang Lang's creation of this book is that it tells readers the historical stories and characters of the Ming Dynasty for more than 300 years in a popular language.
Let the historical figures who were originally strange and vague in history become vivid one by one in the book.
"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" interprets the other side of history for us, making history a living life story, and making history beautiful. ”
"Oriental Daily" can be regarded as the real intention of the author of the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and the significance of this history, and it can also be regarded as a defense of Chen Lang and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".
However, "Oriental Daily", as the publisher of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", has a close relationship with the author Chen Lang, and the credibility of what he said is really not high.
While Ming Pao, which has strong credibility, remains neutral, it is clear that Oriental Daily is a bit alone in the face of collective negative/negative reports from more than 20 other newspapers in Hong Kong.
For a time, the momentum of denouncing and belittling "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" in the Hong Kong press was extremely high.
After the Chinese New Year, Chen Lang devoted himself to the production of his fifth record, but he just read the media comments on the second day after "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was serialized.
After seeing the report of "Jiang Lang's Talent" in "Sing Tao Daily", Chen Lang just laughed and didn't ask again, Chen Lang had a lot of confidence in this historical reading, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen it.
At this time, Chen Lang was still busy screening the songs of his new record, and he didn't know that his copy of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" had caused such a big opposition.
Until one day at breakfast, Chen's mother cursed angrily, "These newspapers are so hateful, it is really unreasonable to say that my son is rubbish." ”
"It's just, it's obviously good-looking." Chen Yun also said angrily.
"I also think it's very interesting to write, I really don't know what these media think." Father Chen also shook his head and said.
Chen Lang, who was already about to leave, heard his family's words, turned back again, picked up the newspaper on the table and read it.
After reading the report of "Jiang Lang's Talent" in "Sing Tao Daily", this is the second time Chen Lang has read the media's comments on "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and judging from the reaction of his family, it doesn't seem to be very good.
After flipping through many newspapers, sure enough, Chen Lang's eyes were all filled with a large number of doubts, seeing this, Chen Lang frowned slightly, how could this be?
"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was the best-selling historical book in the previous life, and it continued to dominate the sales list of the same genre for many years, which caused a wave of Ming history fever, how could it be so one-sided.
After carefully reading the media reports, Chen Lang was a little speechless.
"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is indeed a work that describes history, but it is also a work at the same time, and it is naturally impossible to be as serious and rigorous as a history book.
Could it be that there are many people who are popular?
But even if this is the case, it will not make so many media and newspapers hack themselves and this together, only "Oriental Daily" really supports themselves and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", at most it is an impartial "Ming Daily".
It seems that the entire press is on the opposite side of itself.
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